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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 5.163

Hear With Faith and Love

“Anyone who reads and hears these pastimes with faith and love can understand the truth about devotional service, devotees and the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 5.163, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Anyone who reads and hears these pastimes with faith and love can gain understanding.
  • Such reading and hearing reveal the truth about devotional service and devotees.
  • They also reveal the transcendental mellows of the pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Try this today

Read one translation from this batch slowly, then write one thing it teaches you about devotional service or devotees.

Ask yourself

How might faith and love shape the way you read and hear these pastimes?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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